THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: December 16, 2008
BREVARD— Prosecutors and police are considering whether to file charges against a deer hunter who killed a man in Pisgah National Forest.

Authorities told the Asheville Citizen-Times that 50-year-old Luciano Martinez was not hunting Saturday afternoon when he was shot with a rifle.

Transylvania County Sheriff David Mahoney says the shooter was a 21-year-old man deer hunting in a group. The sheriff would not release his name.

Mahoney says his investigators along with wildlife agents are talking to prosecutors about whether charges should be filed.

State Wildlife Resources Commission hunter education specialist Darrin Ball says eight people were killed in North Carolina while hunting last season, the highest total in nearly two decades.

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The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has postponed the November delayed-harvest trout stocking for Reddies River in Wilkes County. The current water quality conditions in the river could hinder the survival of stocked fish, according to a commission news release.

The portion of Reddies River downstream of the city’s water supply reservoir was added to the commission’s Delayed Harvest Trout Waters Program in July 2008. The river was stocked with over 1,000 trout in October and additional trout stockings were scheduled for November, March, April and May.

In early October, North Wilkesboro informed the commission that the city would begin dredging operations in the reservoir upstream of the delayed-harvest section. The dredging has resulted in increased turbidity in the river to levels that could result in reduced survival of stocked trout.

The city of North Wilkesboro expects the dredging to take up to nine months to complete. Additional stockings planned for the delayed-harvest portion of Reddies River during 2009 may also be postponed. Fish stocking will resume once river conditions improve.  Continue Reading

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Carolina Outdoors brings you an informative question and answer interview on leasing and management with our resident biologist Brian Chatham

Check it out Here-

http://www.carolinaoutdoors.org/lodge/read.php?15,225

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Some great leftover NC permit hunts are still out there! You aren’t too late! Whether you are after that trophy bruin, bruiser buck or coveted spot in the duck marsh to blast unsuspecting quackers .  They can be purchased through any licensed agent or by calling 1-888-248-6834.

Here they are with their numbers:
8515 - Pisgah Game Land-Bear
7032 - Cape Fear Area Game Lands-Either-Sex Deer
7330 - Goose Creek Game Land-Late Season Waterfowl
7112 - Currituck National Wildlife Refuge-Late Season Waterfowl-Youth
7103 - Currituck Sound-Late Season Waterfowl-Youth
8230 - Upper Roanoke River Area-Either-Sex Deer
7060 - Holly Shelter Game Land-Bear
7650 - Lower Roanoke River Area-Either-Sex Deer
7412 - Johns River Game Land-Lower Creek Unit-Late Season Waterfowl
7111 - Currituck National Wildlife Refuge-Snow Goose
8241 - Upper Roanoke River Area-Late Season Waterfowl
7661 - Lower Roanoke River Area-Late Season Waterfowl
7413 - Johns River Game Land-Lower Creek Unit-Late Season Waterfowl-Youth
8304 - Butner-Falls of the Neuse Game Land-Late Season Waterfowl

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Let your voice be heard and help shape the future of NC Hunting by commenting on the new proposed regulations. There is a lot at stake this year! We at Carolina Outdoors want to encourage you to be sure an get on the NC Wildlife site and give them your take on the issues. If you don’t let them know how you feel, no one else will.

Here’s the link:
http://www.ncwildlife.org/ProposedRegulations/Main.aspx

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